"My position has been all along that the statute in question did not and does not mean what the investigators and prosecutors think it means."

Sharp was indicted regarding the campaign's payments to a consultant for collecting absentee ballots during Dyer's 2004 campaign. A grand jury said the alleged actions violated a state law. However, Sharp and others maintained the law is aimed at preventing the type of vote-buying that occurred during a Miami election -- not legitimate get-out-the-vote work.

Sharp and her attorney, William J. Sheaffer, signed an agreement Wednesday morning with special prosecutor Brad King that expressed her disagreement with King's interpretation of the statute but said she will abide by it until there is a legislative or judicial clarification.

She agreed to pay $500 to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to help defray the costs of the investigation. The case was dropped, and Sharp's plea of not guilty stands.

"Until it's clarified, I'm not going to engage in those activities, and I wouldn't recommend anyone else does," she said.

Sharp, whose legal name is Patricia Beatty Philips, is the former wife of Orlando radio talk-show host Jim Philips. In the 1980s, she was chairwoman of the Orange County Democratic Party.

In 1992, she married Cyrus Sharp, a political consultant, and they worked together in the campaigns of several candidates, including former state Rep. Alzo Reddick, D-Orlando, and former Orange County Commissioner Fran Pignone. Cyrus Sharp died of cancer in 2002.

"Now she can go back and work tirelessly for the Democratic Party and play with her grandchildren," Sheaffer said.

But Wednesday she played hostess for all those dropping by to offer their congratulations.